Joely Sue Burkhart

I worked for every word at first, but I got that 1K last night and then some in The Fire Within. 

I was worried about a time difference between scenes, but I think I can explain it through dialogue in the next scene.  There’s no reason to cover boring travel from Shanhasson to Far Illone.  Nobody cares but Eleni.  All that really matters is I figured out something HUGE that I literally didn’t know, despite all that planning and plotting and character mapping.  A huge bit of foreknowledge on Eleni’s part. 

I had her goal as simply winning allies for her brother.  But after working through that first scene, I realized she has a dual purpose, a slippery slope of escape and loyalty, fear and pride, love and hate. A very nice complication, if I do say so myself.

A breakdown of story cards below the cut if you’re interested.  Subject to complete and utter change as I work through this first draft!

3,000 / 27,000 (11.1%)

Guessing on final word count, since I typically average about 1K per section.  Of course, in drafting, some sections will merge together and others will be added.  As long as I end up over 20K for final first draft, then I’ll be happy.  I think anything between 20-30K will work.

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